Sheffeild’s National Videogame Museum is hosting summer holiday activities using revamped versions of their most popular exhibits.
Until 25 August the charity is running a specific event programme which will allow visitors to view, make, and play a variety of games, including: 4-player Pac-Man that is unique to the NVM, designing your own web-based game using Scratch and Twine, and revisiting the 1980’s with a working BBC microcomputer.
One of the exhibits, ‘Make Your Own Games’, will be hosted in their Lab area which allows people of all ages to create and design their very own video games. The Arcade exhibit has a new look which showcases a narrative recreation of 1980’s and early 1990’s vibrant social spaces.
The museum also has a new area which explores Sheffield’s rich gaming history, which includes Sheffield-made game Gangbeasts, and an early access to the beta version of Undisputed, which is developed by Sheffield based software company Gremlin Interactive.
Leah Dungay, the museum’s Learning Officer, gave an insight into the charity’s summer programme.
The Summer Fun event will run until 3 September, which marks the end of the summer holiday period.
The charity works with some of the poorest communities in the UK to help them collaborate, play and learn in the NVM. If you wish to support them, you can do so on their website.